diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/buildnumber.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/buildnumber.html index 807d1998d..3dc3b38da 100644 --- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/buildnumber.html +++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/buildnumber.html @@ -2,18 +2,24 @@
-This is a basic task that can be used to track build numbers.
-It will first attempt to read a build number from a file, then -set the property "build.number" to the value that was read in -(or 0 if no such value). Then it will increment the build number -by one and write it back out into the file.
+It will first attempt to read a build number from a file (by default,
+build.number
in the current directory), then
+set the property build.number
to the value that was read in
+(or to 0
, if no such value). It will then increment the
+number by one and write it back out to the file.
+(See the
+PropertyFile task
+if you need finer control over things such as the property name or
+the number format.)
+
file | -the file to read and write build number from. | -No, defaults to "build.number" | +The file to read and write the build number from/to. | +No; defaults to "build.number" |
<buildnumber/>-
Read, increment and write a build number to the default file "build.number".
+Read, increment, and write a build number to the default file,
+build.number
.
<buildnumber file="mybuild.number"/>-
Read, increment and write a build number to the file "mybuild.number".
+Read, increment, and write a build number to the file
+mybuild.number
.
Copyright © 2002 Apache Software Foundation. All rights -Reserved.
+Copyright © 2002 Apache Software Foundation. +All rights Reserved.